HC Deb 24 July 1996 vol 282 cc508-9W
Ms Harman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the proportion of teenagers having babies in each EU country. [39259]

Mr. Horam

The fertility rates per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 for 1990, the most recent year for which comparable data are available, are shown in the table.

Fertility rate
England and Wales 33.3
Scotland 31.9
Northern Ireland 29.3

Fertility rate
Portugal 24.6
Greece 21.8
Austria 21.3
Republic of Ireland 16.2
Sweden 14.1
Spain 13.4
Finland 12.4
West Germany 11.6
Italy 9.8
Belgium 9.3
Denmark 9.1
France 8.8
Netherlands 6.4
Luxembourg no data

Source:

Population Trends No. 74.